# teja
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay teja, from Pali teja, from Sanskrit तेजस् (tejas, “light”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *táyȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)téyg-os (“sharpness”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈted͡ʒa/ [ˈt̪e.d͡ʒa]
* Rhymes: -ed͡ʒa
* Syllabification: te‧ja

### Noun

teja
* An afterglow; glow seen in the sky after sunset.
* (poetic) A rainbow
    Synonyms: pelangi, bianglala

### Further reading

* “teja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

teja
* Romanization of ꦠꦺꦗ

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛja/, [ˈteja], [ˈtɛja]

### Noun

teja
* inflection of tej:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative dual

## Malay
### Etymology

From Pali teja, from Sanskrit तेजस् (tejas, “light”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *táyȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)téyg-os (“sharpness”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te.d͡ʒa/

### Noun

teja (Jawi spelling تيجا, plural teja-teja, informal 1st possessive tejaku, 2nd possessive tejamu, 3rd possessive tejanya)
* foreglow or afterglow, reddish or yellowish ray observed during sunset or sunrise
* rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)

#### Synonyms

* bangun-bangun
* benang raja
* bianglala
* ganu
* kuwung
* pelangi
* ular danu
* ular mengiang

#### Derived terms

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* teja utara (“aurora borealis”)
* teja selatan (“aurora australis”)

### Further reading

* “teja” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तेजस् (tejas).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ted͡ʒa/
* Rhymes: -d͡ʒa
* Hyphenation: té‧ja

### Noun

teja
* sharp edge, point or top
* glow, glare, splendour, fire
* fiery energy, vital power, spiritual or magical power
* glory

#### Derived terms

* ateja
* katejan
* makateja
* mateja
* kayu teja

#### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦠꦺꦗ (téja)
* → Balinese: ᬢᬾᬚ (téja)

### Further reading

* "teja" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀢𑁂𑀚 (Brahmi script)
* तेज (Devanagari script)
* তেজ (Bengali script)
* තෙජ (Sinhalese script)
* တေဇ or တေၹ (Burmese script)
* เตช or เตชะ (Thai script)
* ᨲᩮᨩ (Tai Tham script)
* ເຕຊ or ເຕຊະ (Lao script)
* តេជ (Khmer script)
* 𑄖𑄬𑄎 (Chakma script)

### Noun

teja n
* Interpretation of many of the inflectional forms of tejas (“brilliance”)

### Noun

teja
* vocative singular of tejas (“brilliance”)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Clipping of esteja, a possible conjugation of the verb estar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈte.ʒɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈte.ʒɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈte.ʒa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɐ(j).ʒɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɐ(j).ʒɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈte.ʒɐ/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈte.ʒɐ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈte.ʒɐ/

### Verb

teja
* Eye dialect spelling of esteja.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtexa/ [ˈt̪e.xa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -exa
* Syllabification: te‧ja

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tegla, from Latin tēgula, whence English tile through the Latin word's Proto-Germanic descendant, from Proto-Indo-European *tegdʰleh₂. Doublet of tarro.

#### Noun

teja f (plural tejas)
* roof tile
* a type of noodle
* a type of chocolate from Peru
* (Costa Rica, slang) a 100-colón coin
    media teja ― a 50-colón coin

##### Derived terms

* tejado

##### Related terms

* techo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

teja
* inflection of tejar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

teja
* inflection of tejer:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “teja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10